216. Jahanabad

Rashtriya Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.2% to 21.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 2015.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.8% between them, down from 81.6% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.